The Art of Dying Well: First Precept: He Who Desires To Die Well Must Live Well

Chapter 1: First Precept: He Who Desires To Die Well Must Live Well "We shall first treat of those precepts that relate to virtue; and afterwards of those which relate to the sacraments: for, by these two we shall be especially enabled both to live well, and to die well. But the general rule, “that he who lives well, will die well,” must be mentioned before all others; for since death is nothing more than the end of life, it is certain that all who live well to the end, die well; nor can he die ill, who hath never lived ill; as, on the other hand, he who hath never led a good life, cannot die a good death. The same thing is observable in many similar cases: for all that walk along the right path, are sure to arrive at the place of their destination; whilst, on the contrary, they who wander from it, will never arrive at their journey’s end." Source: "The Art of Dying Well" by St. Robert Bellarmine Translated from the latin by Fr. John Dalton Read by: Maureen S. O'Brien, Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/ArtDyingBell ✅ Visit the website: https://mannaofthesoul.wordpress.com/ for catholic sermons and meditations. ✅ SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannaofthesoul Twitter: https://twitter.com/mannaofthesoul ✅ LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4cZlrDMREmR3giUJnTp3C3 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/good-catholic-audio/id1571060923 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81ZTBjNTI0OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Thank you for listening and God bless you and keep you!